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Mecinini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Mecinidae was named by Gistel (1848). It is extant. Its type is Mecinus.

It was reranked as the tribe Mecinini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Curculioninae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Gymnetron, Mecinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Mecinini Bouchard et al. p. 582

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCurculioninae
tribeMecinini()
tribeMecinini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Mecinini Gistel 1848
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G. Gymnetron Schoenherr 1825
G. Mecinus Germar 1821
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Mecinus collaris Germar 1821
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Mecinus collaris (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Gymnetron sp. (164904)